Address to the Legislature of New-York

1854

text

English

Albany (N.Y.)

Speeches

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Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Address to the Legislature of New-York. (Albany, 1854). Stanton was the first woman to speak before the New York State Legislature. In her address she outlined the legal disabilities of women and the need to broaden the married women's property laws.

Stanton, Elizabeth Cady, 1815-1902, “Address to the Legislature of New-York,” RBSCP Exhibits, accessed March 14, 2025, https://rbscpexhibits.lib.rochester.edu/items/show/511.